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Dec 4, 2017 Week: 49 \ Day: 338
86004 Today: H 60° \ L 24°
Average Sky Cover: 35%
Wind ave.: 13mph\Gusts: 23mph
Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 67°[1965] Record Low: -4°[1955]
Dec Averages: 50°\23°
Dec Records: H: 68° (1950) L: -23° (1990)
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Quote of the Day
When one teaches, two learn
Robert Half
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Observances Today
National Cookie Day Link
National Dice Day
National Sock Day Link
World Wildlife Conservation Day Link
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Observances This Week
3-9: Clerc-Gallaudet Week
National Hand Washing Awareness Week Link
Recipe Greetings For The Holidays Week
Computer Science Education Week Link
( Always week with 12/9. Birthday of Admiral Grace Murray Hopper.)
4-8: Cookie Exchange Week
International Coelenterate Biology Week Link
Older Driver Safety Awareness Week Link
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
Today’s Significant International Historical Events
1100’s
1154 Adrian IV elected Pope. The only Englishman to become pontiff, Nicholas Breakspear was a member of the family which until recent years brewed beer in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
1600’s
1619 38 colonists from Berkeley Parish, England disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God. Considered by many the first Thanksgiving in the Americas.
1674 Father Marquette builds first dwelling in what is now Chicago
1800’s
1829 Britain outlaws "suttee" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
1843 Manila paper (made from sails, canvas & rope) patented in Massachusetts
1875 William Magear Tweed "Boss Tweed" (Tammany Hall, NYC) escapes from jail
1881 The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published
1900’s
1915 Ku Klux Klan receives charter from Fulton County, Ga
1915 Henry Ford's peace ship, Oscar II, sails for Europe 'to get the boys out of the trenches by Christmas'
1918 US President Woodrow Wilson sails for Versailles Peace Conference in France, 1st President to travel outside US while in office
1923 Cecil B. DeMille's first version of "The Ten Commandments" premieres
1927 Duke Ellington opens at the Cotton Club in Harlem
1933 FDR creates Federal Alcohol Control Administration
1942 FDR orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration
1961 Museum of Modern Art hangs Matisse's Le Bateau upside down for 47 days1961 Tanganyika becomes 104th member of UN
1961 The female contraceptive 'pill' becomes available on the National Health Service in Britain
1965 Gemini 7 launched with Frank Borman and Jim Lovell
1968 Following a civil rights march in Dungannon, Northern Ireland, there is a violent clash between Loyalists and those who are taking part in the march
1971 The UN Security Council calls an emergency session to consider the deteriorating situation between India and Pakistan.
1977 NFL's 5,000th game, Cincinnati beats KC 27-7
1978 Dianne Feinstein is named as San Francisco's 1st female & Jewish mayor
1980 Two months after death of drummer John Bonham, Led Zeppelin announces they will disband
1981 Reagan Executive Order on Intelligence (No 12333) that allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence
1990 Iraq announces it will release all 3,300 Soviet hostages
1991 Muslim Shi'ites release last US hostage Terry Anderson (held 6½ years)
1993 Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (35.92 sec)
2000’s
2005 Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the Government to allow universal and equal suffrage.
2014 US authorities promise a "fair" investigation into the death of African American Eric Garner, after a white New York City police officer held him in a choke-hold faces no charges
2016 Tens of thousands march throughout Brazil against a vote to undermine anti-corruption investigations
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My Rambling Thoughts
Windy, but at least the sun is brightly shining on our little mountain town.
Cards still aren’t playing football… No Broncos, except on the internet but looking at the score, that is a good thing.
Now that it is December, I am hoping for a little time with no new allegations against anyone regarding their treatment of women in the workplace. I may just be getting old-er but I can’t keep track of who groped, who grabbed, and who undressed in the workplace, while he should have been working. I never liked a hovering boss, but didn’t like one I never saw either. Someone should ask where the bosses were when all this crap was going on? And why did they turn a blind eye?
Not a fan of MMA watcher, but it was nice to see on FB that a Navajo lady from Kayenta is the new Flyweight Champion. Always happy to see a Navajo doing well in their chosen field.
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Bizarre News
*-- Rule 1: Keep Your Finger Off the Trigger --*
A man shot himself while arguing with another man during a road rage incident, according to police in Florida. When officers arrived at the scene the encountered a man who suffered a gunshot wound to the leg. According to the police investigation, the incident unfolded when two drivers got into an argument. One of the men felt threatened by the other and pulled out his weapon. While waving it around, the gun discharged. The gun owner suffered a gunshot wound to his leg. The victim was taken to a hospital, where he was treated for a non-life-threatening injury. No charges have been filed because the weapon was legally owned and the victim felt threatened.
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Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
80’s
@85- Thomas Carlyle,
Scottish essayist and historian (French Revolution),
born in Ecclefechan, Scotland
(d. 1881)
84- Wink Martindale,
TV host (Tic-Tac-Dough, Can You Top This),
born in Jackson, Tennessee
@82- Francisco Franco,
Spanish general and dictator (1936-75),
born in Ferrol, Galicia, Spain
(d. 1975)
80- Max Baer Jr,
actor (Jethro-Beverly Hillbillies),
born in Oakland
70’s
77- Freddy Cannon, [Picariello],
rocker (Palisades Park)
@75- Pappy Boyington,
American pilot
(d. 1988)
68- Jeff Bridges,
actor (Stay Hungry, Against All Odds),
born in Los Angeles
50’s
@54- Victor French,
actor (Highway to Heaven),
born in Santa Barbara,
(d. 1989)
53- Marisa Tomei,
American actress (My Cousin Vinny),
born in Brooklyn
40’s
48- Jay-Z [Shawn Carter],
American rapper and record producer (Reasonable Doubt, The Blueprint),
born in Brooklyn
44- Tyra Banks,
American supermodel and actress (Higher Learning, Fresh Prince of Bel Air),
born in Inglewood, California
30’s
@36±- Crazy Horse [Tashunka Witko],
Oglala Sioux chief (Battle of the Little Bighorn), born in Fort Robinson, Nebraska
(d. 1877)
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Historical Obits Today
90’s
@91-1679 Thomas Hobbes,
English philosopher (Leviathan)
@90-1993 Margaret Landon,
US author (Anna & the King of Siam)
80’s
@85-2015 Robert Loggia,
American actor (Officer & a Gentleman, Scarface)
@83-1123 Omar Khayyám,
Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher
70’s
@72-1967 Bert Lahr, [Irving Lahrheim],
American comic and actor (The Wizard of Oz),
pneumonia/cancer?
50’s
@52-1993 Frank V Zappa,
US music/composer (Mothers of Invention),
prostate cancer
@51-1902 Charles Dow,
American journalist and economist (co-founded Dow Jones and 1st editor of Wall St Journal),
poor health for years
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Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.
All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site contains mistakes and sadly once the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.
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